Faculty members of Dow Medical College and later Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi.
Prof. Salar A. Aziz was a Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Civil Hospital Karachi in early 1970s. He graduated from King Edward Medical College at age of 21. On his return after specializing from Ireland he worked in Hyderabad and then Karachi. In 1974 he moved back to UK and 4 years laterRead More
Dr Abdul Gaffar Billoo, veteran pediatrician and Professor emeritus at the Aga Khan University, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, A 1959 graduate of Dow Medical College, Karachi, and served as the Chair of Paediatrics & Child Health at Dow Medical College and as Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Karachi University. We were his students inRead More
APRIL 7 2019 KARACHI: Prof. Mohammad Sharif Chaudhry left for his heavenly abode this morning surrounded by his 4 children. He was a proud Kemcolian and served as Prof of Cardiology Civil Hospital Karachi and retired as Principal of DMC. He remained clinically active with his philanthropic work till the end. He has trainedRead More
Remembering Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hameed Siddiqi — Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hameed Siddiqi was born on 12th July 1902 in UP, graduated from KGMC (King George Medical College) Lucknow in 1928, got distinction in most of the subjects. He did his MS from Lucknow university in 1930, the first graduate to recieve the MS from thatRead More
Professor A. Rahim was born on 1st February, 1915 in Peshawar. In 1941, he graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, and was house surgeon to the Professor of Surgery for one year. He did casualty appointment in Mayo Hospital, Lahore, for 3 months after which he was selected for the Punjab Medical Services andRead More
Professor Khwaja Moin of General Medicine,was popular as a person and as a teacher and is remembered fondly by his students. Sadly died at an early age. Shabbir Jumani I missed my posting there due to my father’s illness and being with him in US for his treatment. I still remember how cooperative and considerate heRead More
SURGEON M.R. Shirazi: 1960-70’s: Was a Thoracic Surgeon and was a Professor at Civil Hospital Karachi and a visiting surgeon at the Ojha Sanatorium. Dr. Iqbal Yaad would refer him the ugh advanced TB patients who he first tried to treat with medicines. If they would not respond and develop complications such as a lungRead More
This video took many years to be finally traced to Dr. Mohammad Hafeez Rahman MD who graciously gave it to for processing it into a movie. I first heard about the video at the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Class of 1960 in Houston in 2010. Prof. Adeeb Rizvi came from Karachi to attend hisRead More
Prof. Habib Patel was born in 1912 in India. He was an outstanding student at the Grant Medical College, Bombay and was appointed to the faculty in 1941. He was invited by the Government of Sindh in 1947 to come over to Pakistan which he did and joined Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital KarachiRead More
Photo sometimes in 1980. Civil Hospital Karachi Medical Unit 2. Prof. Khwaja Muin was the head of the unit with house officers Dr. Ambo (Registrar), Dr. Nargis Kazi and Dr. Salma Hafiz (both of class of 1977) Please send any corrections and if others can be identified please send it to globelinker@gmail.com. Thanks. Prof. MuinRead More
